A Vancouver Island mother is speaking out after her daughter found a package of drugs at her elementary school.
Andrea Miller says her daughter, Everleigh, found a packet containing fentanyl and other drugs on the grounds of École Quarterway Elementary in Nanaimo – and she's concerned that it's only a matter of time before a student overdoses.
"If my daughter would have ingested this in class, she would have died before a teacher could get an ambulance there to save her," said the kindergartener's mother."Safety of our students and staff are of the utmost priority," said Dale Burgos, spokesperson for Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools . "So that we’re not only finding empty bottles, which we often do, [and] cans," said Burgos."There have also been incidents where our principals are cleaning up human feces and this is a daily occurrence."The school district adds that every high school carries naloxone, though that's not the case for elementary schools.
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